I installed the engineered floors in my home, though went with (and highly recommend) tile in the kitchen and bathrooms. Even so I still had an issue with a leaky dishwasher and a dog that wasn't quite pee trained. In both those cases I had to replace sections of the flooring... (Same dog chewed on all the outside corners of my new baseboard as well, and had to fix that too... If you spill water or similar, wipe it up quick. Other than that, we love our floors.